Yiddish and Jewish Theatre 1887–1941 in Berlin. This open-air exhibition offers insights into Jewish theatre life in Berlin at that time, until its destruction by the Gestapo on 11 September 1941.
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‘Many people of Jewish origin who were able to flee National Socialism have become famous.
But what about the nameless ones?
The stagehands, the lighting technician, the wardrobe assistant?
This exhibition is dedicated to them.’ (Klaus Wichmann)
The open-air exhibition does not focus on the history of the big stars, but on the people behind and beside the stage who could not flee and whose fates often remained unknown.
The exhibition was developed by Adam Blank-Markard and Judith Kessler under the direction of Klaus Wichmann, former technical director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Berliner Ensemble.
Historical photographs, announcement posters and portraits of employees, together with literary texts by Franz Kafka, Kurt Tucholsky, Camilla Spira and Paul Celan on nine large-format posters.
- Opening on 13 June at 6 p.m.
Until 20 July, open daily in the front garden of Kulturvolk | Freie Volksbühne Berlin.
